Utah receiver Britain Covey walked through the Eccles Football Center, humming a song from “Les Miserables.”
“Stuck in my head,” he said, with both a smile and a grimace.
Some things are uncontrollable, even for a person with Covey’s level of discipline. Approaching eight months after injuring his right knee on a kickoff return vs. Washington in the Pac-12 championship game, he’s discovering that not every assignment is easily finished according to his own calendar.
Nine months might be a standard period for an athlete’s return to action after ACL surgery (projecting a mid-September appearance, in this case), but this is Britain Covey, right?